2021 expansion draft

SiberianThunderT · Sep 8, 2021

Rules have been announced!
https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/nwsl-releases-2021-nwsl-expansion-draft-process-and-procedures

Teams are permitted to protect a total of nine (9) players, which may include one (1) U.S. allocated player. All other players and other U.S. allocated players must be unprotected.

Individuals on the Discovery List of any team are not eligible to be selected in the expansion draft (meaning that teams are not required to designate Discovery players as protected or unprotected).

Teams are required to disclose to the league, along with the protected/unprotected designation, any players/U.S. allocated players who a team believes will be unavailable to play by January 1, 2022, due to injury, retirement, loan, or any other reason. This information will be shared with the expansion teams.

Angel City FC and San Diego may select one (1) player from each team, for a total of nine (9) selections each. Additionally, both clubs may select no more than one (1) unprotected U.S. allocated player. One (1) $150,000 Funded Allocation Money grant will be assigned to each Expansion team, which they may keep or exchange with a team if they select an unprotected U.S. allocated player from that team.
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Date is Thursday, Dec.16, with protection lists due by Friday, Dec.10. KC is exempt from the draft, and we already know that LOU is protected from LA.

Klingo3034 · Sep 9, 2021

SiberianThunderT said: ↑

Rules have been announced!
https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/nwsl-releases-2021-nwsl-expansion-draft-process-and-procedures

Date is Thursday, Dec.16, with protection lists due by Friday, Dec.10. KC is exempt from the draft, and we already know that LOU is protected from LA.
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This will be exciting besides the College draft. Who will be protected and who will be taken by Angel and San Diego.